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General Information
Producer: Siemens PLM Software (formerly CD-adapco Group)
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This documentation describes the specifics of installation and usage of STAR-CCM+ at HLRN. Introductory courses for STAR-CCM+ as well as courses for special topics are offered by CD-adapco and their regional offices, e.g. in Germany. It is strongly recommended to take at least an introductory course (please contact Siemens PLM Software). |
Modules
The following tables lists installed STAR-CCM+ versions.
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Below you find explanations to obtain and check out product licenses and regarding support and training.
Functionality
STAR-CCM+ is a powerful finite-volume-based program package for modelling of fluid flow problems. ( The name STAR stands for "Simulation of Turbulent flow in Arbitrary Regions". It is maintained/developed by Siemens PLM Software (formerly CD-adapco Group). The STAR-CCM+ package can be applied to a wide range of problems such as
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Conditions for Usage and Licensing
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you need to mail support@nhr.zib.de and ask to become a member of the UNIX group adapco. |
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We provide free Power On Demand (POD) keys for teaching and academic research for non-industry funded projects |
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You can check your group membership by calling groups.
In order to run STAR-CCM+ on HLRN-IV, you have to specify the parameters -licpath and -podkey, as shown in the example script below. Users with their own licenses can specify the parameters to point to their own licenses.
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Introduction and courses
This documentation describes the specifics of installation and usage of STAR-CCM+
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You can check your group membership by calling groups.
Details of the HLRN Installation of STAR-CCM+
STAR-CCM+ is installed below /sw/eng/starccm/. We provide module files which make all environment settings for the use of a specific STAR-CCM+ version.at HLRN. Introductory courses for STAR-CCM+ as well as courses for special topics are offered by CD-adapco and their regional offices, e.g. in Germany. It is strongly recommended to take at least an introductory course (please contact Siemens PLM Software).
Documentation and materials
STAR-CCM+ products come with complete documentation. The User Guide is available in PDF format, see directory /sw/eng/starccm/<version>/STAR-CCM+<version>/doc.
Installed versions
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All versions use double precision. The recommended default module - providing all necessary environment settings - can be loaded with: module load starccm
Example Jobscripts
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#!/bin/bash #SBATCH -t 00:10:00 #SBATCH --nodes=2 #SBATCH --partition cpu-genoa:all #SBATCH --ntasks-per-node=40192 #SBATCH -p medium --job-name=StarCCM #SBATCH --mail-type=ALL #SBATCH --job-name=StarCCM module load starccm/14.04.011-r8 ## create the host list for starccm+ srun hostname -s | sort | uniq -c | awk '{ print $2":"$1 }' > starhosts.${SLURM_JOB_ID} export CDLMD_LICENSE_FILE=1999@flex.cd-adapco.com export PODKEY=<type your podkey here> here - we can provide one for you - under the above mentioned terms> export MYCASE=<type your sim file name> ## run starccm+ starccm+ -dp -np ${SLURM_NTASKS} -batch ${MYCASE} \ -power -podkey ${PODKEY} -licpath ${CDLMD_LICENSE_FILE} \ -machinefile starhosts.${SLURM_JOB_ID} -mpi intel echo '#################### StarCCM+ finished ############' rm starhosts.$SLURM_JOB_ID |
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To check if the license server of CD-adapco is accessible type: telnet flex.cd-adapco.com 1999This test ("Trying ..".) is positiv if the server answers (within a second): host flex.cd-adapco.com | head -n1 - please contact us. Connection timed out |
Tutorial Cases for STAR-CCM+
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